Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 351-357 , December 2009

Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive methicillin-susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan: identification of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive methicillin-resistant S. aureus

  • Feng-Jui Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Keiichi Hiramatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • ,
  • I-Wen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Chen-Her Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Tsai-Ling Yang Lauderdale

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-886-37-246-166; fax: +1-886-37-586-457.

Received 10 May 2009 ,Accepted 30 July 2009.

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☆ Part of the results of the MRSA used for comparison with MSSA in the present study has been previously published. These are clearly stated and referenced (Emerg Infect Dis 11[2005]1761–1763) at appropriate places in the manuscript.

PII: S0732-8893(09)00330-7

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.024

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 351-357 , December 2009

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